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    VESSEL NAME:   Abbey
    OTHER NAME(s): sometimes seen as Abby
    OFFICIAL NO:   -
    DATE OF LOSS:  5 October 1851
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Erie, near Black River, OH
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       ?
    OWNER(S):      Henry Matthews, Oswego, N.Y.
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       ?
    DIMENSIONS:    ?
    CASUALTIES:    none mentioned

                   Aground and wrecked with cargo of coal. Loss of
                $3,500.
                
                   Grounded between the piers at Sodus, N.Y., January
                1, 1851. Carrying 5,300 bushels of wheat. No insurance.

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Sources: Oswego Daily Times, 6 January 1851
         Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 2 January 1852 (losses 1851)
         Mansfield "History of the Great Lakes" Vol. 1